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                                             OpenStreetMap (OSM) Protocolbuffer Binary Format (PBF) Quick Facts  
                                        
                                        | 
                                                         Format Type Identifier  | 
                                                    
                                                         OSMPBF  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Reader/Writer  | 
                                                    
                                                         Reader  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Licensing Level  | 
                                                    
                                                         Professional and above  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Dependencies  | 
                                                    
                                                         None  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Dataset Type  | 
                                                    
                                                         File  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Feature Type  | 
                                                    
                                                         Element Type  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Typical File Extensions  | 
                                                    
                                                         .osm.pbf  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Automated Translation Support  | 
                                                    
                                                         Yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         User-Defined Attributes  | 
                                                    
                                                         No  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Coordinate System Support  | 
                                                    
                                                         Yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Generic Color Support  | 
                                                    
                                                         No  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Spatial Index  | 
                                                    
                                                         No  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Schema Required  | 
                                                    
                                                         Yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         Transaction Support  | 
                                                    
                                                         No  | 
                                                
| Encoding Support | Yes | 
| 
                                                         Geometry Type  | 
                                                    
                                                         osmpbf_type  | 
                                                
OSMPBF Geometry Support
| 
                                                         Geometry  | 
                                                    
                                                         Supported?  | 
                                                
|---|---|
| 
                                                         aggregate  | 
                                                    
                                                         yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         circles  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         circular arc  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         donut polygon  | 
                                                    
                                                         yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         elliptical arc  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         ellipses  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         line  | 
                                                    
                                                         yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         none  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         point  | 
                                                    
                                                         yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         polygon  | 
                                                    
                                                         yes  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         raster  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         solid  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         surface  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         text  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  | 
                                                
| 
                                                         z values  | 
                                                    
                                                         no  |